An Entropy-based Index for Fine-scale Mapping of Disease Genes

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 661-668

  Li, Yumei ^a,b   Xiang, Yang ^a,b   Deng, Hongwen ^c,d   Sun, Zhenqiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

entropy; entropy based index; fine mapping

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTROPY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE; ENTROPY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 34447540007     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(07)60075-7     Document Type: Article

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